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- Jennifer Podemski (born May 3, 1973) is a Canadian film and television actress and producer.
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Jennifer Podemski (born May 3, 1973) is a Canadian film and television actress and producer. [1]
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director Jennifer Podemski is a director, writer, producer and actor. Born and raised in Toronto, Jennifer makes her home in Barrie, Ontario. Of mixed Anishinaabe (First Nation) and Ashkenazi (Jewish) decent, Jennifer's professional acting career began when she was 17.
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Feb 14, 2024 · Jennifer Podemski, actor, producer, writer, director (born 3 May 1973 in Toronto, ON). Jennifer Podemski established herself as an actor in Bruce McDonald’s Dance Me Outside (1994) and CBC’s The Rez (1996–97). She then became one of the leading Indigenous film and television producers in Canada.
- On The Early Beginnings of Her Acting Career
- On Getting Her Acting Career Started in The 1990s
- On Her Disastrous Attempt to Make A Go of It in Hollywood
- On How Anger Fuelled Her Desire to Start Her Own Production Company
- On The First Show She Produced, The Seventh Generation
- On Receiving Positive Feedback from Audiences
- On Indigenous Representation in The Canadian Film and Television Industry
- More About Jennifer Podemski
“I always dreamed of being a performer. I thought that if I could just be on a stage and make people laugh and sing for them, that would be an awesome job. But it always seemed really far away, because everyone I saw on TV was white, so I couldn’t really see myself there…Then the TV show Fame came out and that’s kind of where everything changed for...
I actually started in television as a background performer on Prom Night III when I was in Grade 10. I was a part of the explosion of Indigenous stories in the ’90s that didn’t involve any Indigenous people making them. I was 17 when I got my first job, and so from the age of 17 to 24, I worked consistently as an actor – consistently meaning, like,...
I did try L.A., but it went terribly wrong. There was a lot of buzz for me after Dance Me Outside and I had a meeting with someone at William Morris (talent agency), so I was there for 10 days – and every day something went wrong. The first day, I was walking down the street and a car accident happened right beside me. Mary Stuart Masterson got out...
When I was 24, I just decided to quit the business and move to New York, because my sister was there in Rentthe musical. I thought maybe if I went to New York, I’d find myself and find my purpose. And it ended up that that exact thing happened. I was working at a gym in New York and I started to manifest how to become a producer and how to never ag...
I wanted to make content that celebrated Native people and stories and told the truth about who we are as the collective ‘we.’ So, my first show was called The Seventh Generation, and it was a role model series for APTN(Aboriginal People’s Television Network)…We basically drove across the country and did these episodes on Indigenous people who were...
It’s really important for me to receive feedback from community members who have been impacted by something that I’ve done, because most of the stories that I do expose certain truths that I think are important for Canadians to face. So, when I’m sitting on a plane next to a 70-year-old white guy and he says, ‘Oh, I saw you in Empire of Dirt, and t...
I think we are definitely a good example of television that more accurately reflects society, but there are still major problems. You don’t just see any Indigenous people on TV, unless it’s an Indigenous show or character. We can’t just be. But I think we’re more advanced and socially minded here than in other places, and I think our regulations ha...
Born and raised in Toronto, Jennifer Podemski’s professional acting career began when she was 17. Her breakout role was ‘Sadie’ in Bruce McDonald’s iconic film, Dance Me Outside– a performance that garnered critical acclaim, solidifying her place in Canada’s film and television canon. As a woman of mixed Anishinaabe (First Nation) and Ashkenazi (Je...
- Cynthia Reason
Jennifer Podemski is a director, writer, producer and actor. Born and raised in Toronto, Jennifer makes her home in Barrie, Ontario. Of mixed Anishinaabe (First Nation) and Ashkenazi (Jewish) decent, Jennifer’s professional acting career began when she was 17.
Jun 1, 2023 · Early in her career, Jennifer Podemski set out to tell stories that felt honest to the lives of Indigenous people. More than 30 years later, the veteran actor and filmmaker is delivering on...
Feb 27, 2018 · This is the full transcript of the speech film and television actor and producer Jennifer Podemski gave at this past weekend's ACTRA Awards in Toronto, where she received the Award of Excellence.
